Irony Understanding is a cognitive competence within the theory of mind that involves the ability to detect and interpret utterances or situations in which the intended meaning diverges from the literal or surface-level meaning, typically by recognizing contextual cues that signal expressive incongruity.
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Irony as relevant inappropriateness
Salvatore Attardo · Journal of Pragmatics · 2000 · 603 citations
The pragmatics of verbal irony: Echo or pretence?
Deirdre Wilson · Lingua · 2006 · 483 citations
On the pretense theory of irony.
Herbert H. Clark, Richard J. Gerrig · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1984 · 481 citations
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